Up to 12 Borden Foods employees who work with the brands are expected to be offered jobs with AIPC. Production of the products will shift to American Italian plants in Excelsior Springs, Mo., and South Carolina.

The sale does not include Cremettes pasta, Classico pasta sauces, Wyler's soups and bouillon, and It's Pasta Anytime convenience meals. No pasta-making plants are part of the deal.

Borden announced in February that it was exploring the sale of its Foods Division.

"We've been actively pursuing transactions, and there may be more in the near future," said Lynn Anderson, a Borden Foods spokeswoman.